Stove or range



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NO. 510,692. Patented Dec. 12, 1893.

.NITEZD ST ES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. IVIAGEE, IOF CHELSEA, MASSAOHUSETTS, ASSIGN ro THE MAf lrElil FUBNACE COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSET'PS.

STOVE OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 510,692, dated December 12, 1893. Application filed March 27, 1893. Serial No. 467,703. (No model.)

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Be t known that I, FEANK A. ll/IAG'rEE; acitizen of the United States, residing at Chelsea,

in the county of Suffolk `and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement i n Stoves or Ranges, of which the follow1ng is a full, clear, and exact descript1on, reference being had to the accompanying draw1ngs, forminga part of this specification, 111 explaining its nature.

The invention relates to an improved type or form of Water front for stoves or ranges. It IS represented in the drawin gs as applied to aMagee range. i

Heretofore stoves have been provided with water fronts or hacks which have formed the entire side or wall of a fire pot, and I have found that such water fronts or hacks do not.

have desirable heating areas and interfere Wlth or prevent the complete or desirable combustion of the fuel, because they bring Into close relation with the burning point of the fuel a surface which is more orless chilled, or at any rate, cannot be maintained in a condltion and at a temperature suitable for permittihg the desired combustion of the fuel. I have overcorne this defect by changing the shape and to some extentt-he location of the water front or box, and so that a relatively small section of its fire pot wall can be touched by the fire in process of combustion, and employ1ng III connection With the water front or back thus arranged one or more extensions Into the fire-pot, and preferably upon a line W lth the surface of an ordinar,y fire, say at a d stance below the pot holes sufficient to permit pots or kettles to be placed therein without conung in contact therewith. The proection Or projections are hollow and. are connected With the cavity of the water front or aack and. materially increase its heating surace.

In the drawings: Figure l isa view in perspective of aportion of .a range goinginto the fire-pot from behind and. illustrating my invention. Fi g. 2 is a view in plan of the front end of a range a portion of the top plate being broken out to show the water front. Fig. 3 is a sectional view to further illustratemy invention. Figs. .i and. trepresent modified forms of the water front, and Fig. 6 is a view the front side`ofthe fire pot.

in horizontal Section illustrating a further modification.

I have represented my invention in the drawings as a water front being located upon If it were at the back it would be called a water back. It may, of course, be located at the ends, but I prefer to locate it at the front. It comprises a hollow casting A in the main of a recta`ngular form and providing the water heating v ohamber Ct. It may or may not have'the downward ending extensions Ct', but when they are employed they form the arched recess (1 in which is fitted or placed the fire brick B,

forming the prineipalpart of the middle or lower section of the front wall of the fire pot, or that portion against which the fuel is in contact during combustion. When the legs Ct' are not used the fire brick will of course extend entirely across the front wall of the fire pot and take the place of the legs.

Phe main section ofthe casting A is above the fire brick andit may extend somewhat higher in,the combustion Chamber than the old form of -water back. It has at one' end. the threaded holes (1 of for receiving the water feed or inlet and supply or exit pipes. It also has at one end a re cess c toreceive and. hold one edge of the fire brick of that end, and at the Other end a vertical ledge c', which performs the same office for the fire brick of that end:

There extends from the water front into the combustion ohamber one or more short cylindrical sections or pipes A', see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and. 6, which may extend entirely across the combustion chamber. They are arranged at the level of the surface of an ordinary fire. In Figs'. 1, 52, 8, and 6 I have shown the water front as having one extension of this nature, and it is arranged at the center of the length of the front and so as not to project into the fire pot upon a line with a pot hole. In Fig. 5 I have represented a water front as having three such projections, one between the two pot holes and the others at the outer side of each. i

In Fi g. 4: I have represented the water front as having between the pot holes a ,U-shapod section consisting of two horizontal portions, each opening into the cavity of the waterthe ineproved"form of front With one or more of these extensions rntterially increeses the heating eflciency of the water front, secures better combustion and increases the heating eiiiciency Of the oven of the Stove.

Having thus described my invention, I`

ciairn and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination in fil. Stove or rangeof the fire-brick B forming the lower section of one vvail of the combustion ohamber, the water front A mounted upon or over said fire-brick B and having one or more extensions projecting from t into the irepot and m in1et and outlet; thereto, substantialiy as described.

FRANI( A. BIIAGEE.

VVitnesses:

F. 1 BAYMOND, 2d, J. M.. DOLON. 

